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Would the new MBA be able to...
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simsaladimbamba
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Yeah, sorry forgot to mention it would be plugged in to an external display & just tucked under the desk or something.
My current laptop (4 years old) has a GeekBench score of 2600... Should I trust GeekBench scores to give me an indication of how all of these will run?
I.E. Since the new MBA is about 6000, should I expect quite a performance difference using these applications?
MarlboroLite
macrumors 6502a
I would think so...I'm no expert on these things but it really does appear that today's Sandy Bridge CPUs are leaps and bounds ahead of anything from 4 years ago, including these low voltage chips--hell the 1.7Ghz i5 on the Air trounces the 3509 Geekbench score of my C2D 2.53Ghz Mid 2009 MBP with a 5860--that even surpasses the 2.67Ghz core i7 in the 2010 MBPs....
I think you should expect a massive improvement....
I think you should expect a massive improvement....
I also really want to know... I have to use solidworks next year in college, this means I have to use boothcamp to run a 3D intensive program. Is there already someone with a new mba who has experience running a 3D intensive program with bootcamp? Would like to know if these new little beasts are capable enough 😉
theSeb
macrumors 604
Indeed, the hinge is round next to the fan intake (aeration angle) regardless in which positioning the screen is.
The only "non round" bit is where the screen is attached to the hinge, but this is always away from the fan intake.
